2010 Metro State Roadrunners Outdoor Track
2010 Metro State Roadrunners Outdoor Track www.GoMetroState.com For immediate release: April 22, 2010
Metropolitan State College of Denver • Department of Athletics • Fax: 303-556-2720 Mail: Campus Box 9 • P.O. Box 173362 • Denver, CO 80217 • Ship: 1201 5th St. • Denver, CO 80217 Sports Info. Director: Andy Schlichting, O: 303-556-3431, C: 612-964-1281, [email protected] Assistant Athletic Director: Ron Christian, O: 303-556-8141, C: 719-659-2652, [email protected]
Outdoor Track Notes This Week: The Metro State outdoor track teams will both compete at the Jack Christiansen Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo., on Saturday.
Cherelle Cropp also had two personal bests in the 200 meters and 400 meters. Lexi LeVang joined Allen with a P.R. in the 800m and Sabrina Nelson and Krystin Yarkosky did so in the 1500m.
Metro State Update: Metro State qualified four of its eight participants at the Mt. SAC Relays last weekend. Anthony Luna posted the nation’s fastest time in the 800 meters, running in 1:49.10 for an automatic qualifying time. Only one collegiate runner ran faster than Luna at Mt. SAC.
For the men, Kellen Fockler had a tremendous improvement in his 5000 meters time, finishing ninth out of 15 runners on Saturday in 16:17.01. That time was over 30 seconds faster than his previous best in the event. Gabe Meidl posted personal bests in the 200m and 400m.
Nate Newland also qualified in the 1500m and Rick Bogatay in the 5k. Xenia Flores became the second woman in school history to hit a provisional time, doing so in the women’s 5k.
Jake Wolford’s 57.60 time in the 400 meter hurdles placed him fifth out of 16 runners and was also a P.R. Eiger Erickson and Sean Thoensen had personal bests in the 1500 meters.
The rest of the team was at the CSU-Pueblo Invitational on Saturday. Women’s runner Kery Allen had perhaps the best day, posting two personal bests in two different events. Her school record time of 4:57.26 placed her fourth out of 30 runners in the 1500 meter run and her time of 2:27.64 was 7th out of 33 competitors in the 800 meters. She is now less than eight seconds off a provisional qualifying time in the 1500m.
Luna Named RMAC Track Athlete of the Week: Anthony Luna was named RMAC Track Athlete of the Week on April 7. At the Tom Benich Invitational, he competed as an individual for the first time since last spring after suffering an injury during the indoor season that limited him to a late season appearance on the distance medley relay team this winter. He topped a field of 48 runners that included numerous NCAA Division I and professional runners, to win the 800m
at the Tom Benich Invitational in 1:52.70, a provisional qualifying time. He was the only RMAC men’s runner to win an event at the highly competitive meet. Luna also led the 4x400 meter relay team on Saturday, helping the team to a third place finish among 16 teams. He overcame four opponents, while anchoring the final lap to finish in 3:19.99. RMAC Preseason Poll: The men’s team was picked to finish sixth out of seven teams in the RMAC preseason coaches poll and the women’s team was picked 10th. Anthony Luna was selected as the men’s Preseason Athlete of the Year and joined Shawn Lindbom on the men’s preseason All-RMAC team. Outdoor Track Honors: Men: Rick Bogatay: • 2010 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (5000m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (1500m) • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m) Eiger Erickson:
2010 SCHEDULE
Head Coach John Supsic • First year as head coach
March
Supsic was named the head track and cross country coach at Metro State following the 2009 cross country season after he helped the men’s and women’s cross country teams both qualify for the NCAA Championships as an assistant coach. The men’s team placed 14th and the women finished 21st. Both teams finished in the topfive in the highly competitive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
20 Sat. 28 Sun. 28 Sun. 28 Sun.
Potts Invitational Canceled Boulder, Colo. CSU-Pueblo Open NTS Pueblo, Colo. at CSU-Pueblo W: L 32-97, M: L 41-64 vs. UC-Colorado Springs W: L 39-52
3 Sat. 10 Sat. 16-17 F-S 17 Sat. 24 Sat.
Tom Benich Invitational NTS Greeley, Colo. CU Invitational NTS Boulder, Colo. Mt. SAC Relays NTS Walnut, Calif. CSU-Pueblo Invitational M: 13th, W: 19th Pueblo, Colo. Jack Christiansen Invitational 10 a.m. Fort Collins, Colo.
1 Sat. 9-11 Sun-Tue 15 Sat. 27-29 Thu-Sat
CSU Front Range Open Fort Collins, Colo. RMAC Championships Pueblo, Colo. Colorado Mines Last Chance Golden, Colo. NCAA Championships Charlotte, N.C.
April
Prior to assisting with Metro State in the fall of 2009, he served for over a year as an assistant with Regis University’s cross country team, designing workouts for student-athletes. Supsic had been an accountant in real estate from 2004-09, most recently with Mercy Housing, Inc. beginning in July, 2008, and spent three years as an auditor prior to his time in real estate. He graduated from Towson University in Maryland in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. While at Towson, Supsic was a two-year captain of the cross country team and earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors three times. Since graduation, Supsic continued his running career with the Boulder Distance Project for four years under the former marathon world record holder, Steve Jones. His team won the U.S. marathon relay championship in 2006.
May
A native of Baltimore, Md., Supsic is engaged to Dr. Kristin Carpenter.
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2010 Rosters
• 2007 - First team All-RMAC (3000m Steeplechase) • 2007 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (3000m St) Derek Fiorini: • 2009 - RMAC Freshman of the Year • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (100m, 200m, . 4x400m relay) Scott Ingram: • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m) Brandon Johnson: • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (3000m Steeplechase) • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (3000m St.) Shawn Lindbom: • 2010 - Preseason All-RMAC • 2009 - All-America (800m) • 2009 - First team All-RMAC (800m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (4x400m relay) • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (800m) Anthony Luna: • 2010 - Automatic NCAA qualifying time (800m) • 2010 - RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 7) • 2010 - Preseason RMAC T & F Athlete of the Year • 2009 - National Champion (800m) • 2009 - All-America (800m) • 2009 - RMAC Champion (800m) • 2009 - First team All-RMAC (800m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (4x400m relay) • 2009 - RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 29) • 2009 - Automatic NCAA qualifying time (800m, 1500m) • 2008 - All-America (800m) • 2008 - First team All-RMAC (800m) • 2008 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (800m) • 2007 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m)
Todd Tolentino: • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (5000m, 10,000m) • 2007 - All-America (5000m) • 2007 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m, 5000m)
Danielle Kehoe: • 2009 - RMAC Champion (10,000m) • 2009 - First team All-RMAC (10,000m) Lindsay Novascone: • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (100m) • 2009 - Third team All-RMAC (4x400m relay)
Events Yr. M. Dist. 5-9 Distance 5-8 Distance 6-2 Sprints 5-10 Distance 5-10 Spritns 5-10 Sprints 5-10 M. Dist. 5-6 Distance 5-9 Distance 5-9 M. Dist. 6-4 M. Dist. 5-10 Distance 6-0 Sprints 5-7 Sprints 5-7 Sprints 5-7 Distance 6-1 Distance 6-2 Distance 5-5 Spr./Hur 5-11
Ht. Jr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So.
Hometown/Previous School (High School) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Wasson HS/Butler County CC) Puyallup, Wash. (Emerald Ridge HS/Spokane Falls CC) Centennial, Colo. (Smoky Hill HS) Westminster, Colo. (Ranum HS) Glenwood Springs, Colo. (Glenwood Springs HS) Niwot, Colo. (Niwot HS) Littleton, Colo. (ThunderRidge HS) Parker, Colo. (Cherokee Trail HS) Ventura, Calif. (Ventura HS/Ventura College) Littleton, Colo. (Columbine HS) Wiggins, Colo. (Wiggins HS) Westminster, Colo. (Ranum HS) Northglenn, Colo. (Thornton HS) Aurora, Colo. (Regis Jesuit HS) Denver, Colo. (Bishop Machebeuf HS) Denver, Colo. (Bishop Machebeuf HS) Lafayette, Colo. (Ponca City HS/Cowley County JC) Aurora, Colo. (Eaglecrest HS) Brush, Colo. (Brush HS) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS)
Women’s Roster Kery Allen Adrienne Bratton Cherelle Cropp Xenia Flores Julia Hernandez Gabi Hildreth Danielle Kehoe Lexi LeVang Sabrina Nelson Lindsay Novascone Jen Thomas Krystin Yarkosky
Events Yr. Distance 5-10 Jumps/Sp 5-9 Sprints 5-5 Distance 5-5 Distance 5-2 Distance 5-1 Distance 5-2 Distance 5-6 Distance 5-3 Sprints 5-5 Sprints 5-3 Distance 4-10
Ht. Fr. RFr. Fr. So. So. So. Sr. RFr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So.
Hometown/Previous School (High School) Aurora, Colo. (Eaglecrest HS/Fort Lewis College) Arvada, Colo. (Pomona HS) Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hill HS) Brighton, Colo. (Brighton HS) San Diego, Calif. (Fairview HS/Colorado Mines) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS/Colorado State University) Arvada, Colo. (Holy Family HS) Parker, Colo. (Chaparral HS) Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain View HS/Scottsdale CC) Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro HS/Scottsdale CC) Aurora, Colo. (Greeley West HS/Univ. of Kansas) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS)
Head Coach: John Supsic (1st season) Assistant Coaches: Sean Nesbitt, Kelsey Jones, Jacenta Spandl
Nate Newland: • 2010 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (4x400m relay) • 2009 - Third team All-RMAC (1500m) • 2009 - RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 1) • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m)
Women: Xenia Flores: • 2010 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (5000m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (5000m) • 2009 - Third team All-RMAC (10,000m)
Men’s Roster Carl Arnold III Rick Bogatay Eiger Erickson Derek Fiorini Kellen Fockler Kyle Hameister Casey Hulbert Scott Ingram Brandon Johnson Chris LeBlanc Shawn Lindbom Anthony Luna Zach Mares Steve McMillon Gabe Meidl Jerry Munoz Nate Newland Sean Thoensen Todd Tolentino Jacob Wolford
Pronunciations Rick Bogatay: boh-ga-tay Eiger Erickson: eye-ger Derek Fiorini: fee-er-ee-nee Chris LeBlanc: la-blonk Zach Mares: MAH-res Gabe Meidl: MY-dull Scott Thoensen: thoh-en-sen Xenia Flores: sen-ya Cherelle Cropp: sher-ELL Lindsay Novascone: nova-skohn
Roster Breakdown: Men By Hometown: Colorado 18, Washington 1, California 1 Men By Year: Senior 5, Junior 4, Sophomore 5, Freshman 6 Women By Hometown: Colorado 9, Arizona 2, California 1 Women By Year: Senior 3, Junior 1, Sophomore 3, Redshirt Freshman 3, Freshman 4
Jack Christiansen Invitational Schedule of Events: 10 a.m.: Women’s 5000m (Kery Allen, Sabrina Nelson) 10 a.m.: Women’s discus (Chelsea Williamson) 10:25 a.m.: Men’s 5000m (Zach Mares, Brandon Johnson (unatt.)) 11:05 a.m.: Men’s 3000m steeplechase (Eiger Erickson) 11:45 a.m.: Women’s 1500m (Xenia Flores, Lexi LeVang, Krystin Yarkosky, Gabi Hildreth) Afternoon: Women’s triple jump (Adrienne Bratton) 12:05 p.m.: Men’s 1500m (Carl Arnold, Rick Bogatay, Kellen Fockler, Chris LeBlanc, Anthony Luna, Nate Newland, Sean Thoensen, Todd Tolentino) 1:25 p.m.: Men’s 400m (Casey Hulbert (unatt.)) 1:45 p.m.: Women’s 100m (Jen Thomas) 2:05 p.m.: Men’s 100m (Derek Fiorini) 2:45 p.m.: Men’s 800m (Gabe Meidl, Shawn Lindbom, Jerry Munoz) 3:25 p.m.: Men’s 400m Hurdles (Jake Wolford) 3:45 p.m.: Women’s 200m (Cherelle Cropp, Jen Thomas, Brandi Valencia, Kristin Valencia, Kathryn Gosztyla, Michael’ Ann Karas) 4:05 p.m.: Men’s 200m (Derek Fiorini, Stephen McMillon, Casey Hulbert (unatt.), Kyle Hameister
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2010 National Qualifiers Men Event Anthony Luna 800m (a) Nate Newland 1500m (p) Rick Bogatay 5000m (p)
Converted Time 1:49.10 3:52.70 14:38.96
Nat’l Rank 1st 24th 35th
Nat’l Leader 1:49.10 3:44.03 13:50.77
Women Xenia Flores 5000m 17:32.97 41st 15:44.07
Individual Personal-Bests: Men:
Carl Arnold III 800m 1500m
1:54.59, 3/28/10 3:53.10, 4/17/10
Rick Bogatay 1500m 3000m 5000m
3:52.50, 5/21/09 9:22.42, 3/21/09 14:38.96, 4/17/10
Eiger Erickson 800m 1500m 3000m 3000m Steep. 5000m
2:01.52, 4/17/10 4:08.31, 4/17/10 9:05.08, 4/10/10 9:44.07, 5/7/07 16:08.71, 3/31/07
Derek Fiorini 100m* 200m 400m
10.85, 5/4/09 21.89, 4/25/09 48.62, 5/9/09
Steve McMillon 100m 200m
11.69, 3/28/10 23.71, 4/10/10
Gabe Meidl 200m 400m
23.37, 4/17/10 51.48, 4/17/10
Jerry Munoz 800m
2:09.54, 4/10/10
Danielle Kehoe 1500m 3000m 5000m Date Qualified 10,000m*
4/17 4/16 4/16
4/16
Nate Newland 800m 2:01.20, 4/3/10 1500m 3:52.70, 4/17/10 3000m Steep. 10:04.53, 4/11/09
Levi LeVang 800m
2:46.90, 4/17/10
Sabrina Nelson 800m 1500m 3000m
2:37.05, 3/28/10 5:14.21, 4/17/10 11:38.58, 4/10/10
Lindsay Novascone 100m 12.25, 5/5/09 200m 26.06, 4/25/09 Jen Thomas 100m 200m
12.99, 4/25/09 27.23, 3/21/09
Krystin Yarkosky 800m 1500m 3000m 5000m
2:42.30, 3/28/10 5:36.48, 4/17/10 12:25.33, 4/11/09 22:45.11, 5/5/09
*School record
Sean Thoensen 1500m
4:28.33, 4/17/10
Todd Tolentino 1500m 3000m 5000m 10,000m
4:06.82, 4/17/10 9:13.80, 4/12/08 14:27.63, 5/26/07 30:23.83, 4/16/09 18.19, 3/28/10 24.26, 4/10/10 52.31, 4/10/10 57.60, 4/17/10 2:11.15, 3/21/09
Kellen Fockler 800m 1500m 5000m
2:07.08, 4/3/10 4:24.37, 4/3/10 16:17.01, 4/17/10
Kyle Hameister 200m 400m
Jake Wolford 110m H 200m 400m 400m H 800m
22.98, 5/5/08 52.91, 4/11/09
Fiorini/Luna/Newland/Lindbom 4x400m* 3:18.35, 5/5/09
Scott Ingram 800m 1500m
1:57.61, 4/25/09 3:53.97, 5/21/09
Fiorini/Arnold/Lindbom/Luna 4x400m 3:19.99, 4/3/10
Brandon Johnson 1500m 4:04.47, 4/11/09 3000m Steep. 9:33.89, 5/9/09
Women:
Chris LeBlanc 800m 1500m 3000m 5000m 10,000m
Kery Allen 800m 1500m*
2:27.64, 4/17/10 4:57.26, 4/17/10
2:03.00, 4/5/08 4:15.49, 4/25/09 9:29.43, 4/10/10 16:20.35, 4/26/08 35:15.08, 5/5/08
Adrienne Bratton 100m Triple Jump*
14.35, 3/28/10 10.63m, 4/3/10
Shawn Lindbom 400m 800m 1500m
50.25, 4/3/09 1:50.95, 5/22/09 4:07.49, 4/3/10
Cherelle Cropp 200m 400m
27.63, 4/17/10 1:04.88, 4/17/10
Anthony Luna 800m* 1500m*
1:47.90, 6/17/09 3:46.44, 4/17/09
Xenia Flores 800m 1500m 3000m* 5000m* 10,000m
2:37.34, 4/3/10 4:59.43, 4/11/09 10:51.12, 3/21/09 17:32.97, 4/17/10 42:17.61, 5/4/09
Zach Mares 800m 1500m 3000m* 5000m
2:07.81, 4/3/10 4:16.41, 4/12/08 9:02.14, 4/10/10 16:01.51, 3/31/07
Gabi Hildreth 800m
2:46.23, 4/10/10
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5:08.89, 4/17/10 10:51.64, 4/10/10 18:27.49, 3/28/10 40:11.20, 5/4/09
Metropolitan State College of Denver • Department of Athletics • Fax: 303-556-2720 Mail: Campus Box 9 • P.O. Box 173362 • Denver, CO 80217 • Ship: 1201 5th St. • Denver, CO 80217 Sports Info. Director: Andy Schlichting, O: 303-556-3431, C: 612-964-1281, [email protected] Assistant Athletic Director: Ron Christian, O: 303-556-8141, C: 719-659-2652, [email protected]
Outdoor Track Notes This Week: The Metro State outdoor track teams will both compete at the Jack Christiansen Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo., on Saturday.
Cherelle Cropp also had two personal bests in the 200 meters and 400 meters. Lexi LeVang joined Allen with a P.R. in the 800m and Sabrina Nelson and Krystin Yarkosky did so in the 1500m.
Metro State Update: Metro State qualified four of its eight participants at the Mt. SAC Relays last weekend. Anthony Luna posted the nation’s fastest time in the 800 meters, running in 1:49.10 for an automatic qualifying time. Only one collegiate runner ran faster than Luna at Mt. SAC.
For the men, Kellen Fockler had a tremendous improvement in his 5000 meters time, finishing ninth out of 15 runners on Saturday in 16:17.01. That time was over 30 seconds faster than his previous best in the event. Gabe Meidl posted personal bests in the 200m and 400m.
Nate Newland also qualified in the 1500m and Rick Bogatay in the 5k. Xenia Flores became the second woman in school history to hit a provisional time, doing so in the women’s 5k.
Jake Wolford’s 57.60 time in the 400 meter hurdles placed him fifth out of 16 runners and was also a P.R. Eiger Erickson and Sean Thoensen had personal bests in the 1500 meters.
The rest of the team was at the CSU-Pueblo Invitational on Saturday. Women’s runner Kery Allen had perhaps the best day, posting two personal bests in two different events. Her school record time of 4:57.26 placed her fourth out of 30 runners in the 1500 meter run and her time of 2:27.64 was 7th out of 33 competitors in the 800 meters. She is now less than eight seconds off a provisional qualifying time in the 1500m.
Luna Named RMAC Track Athlete of the Week: Anthony Luna was named RMAC Track Athlete of the Week on April 7. At the Tom Benich Invitational, he competed as an individual for the first time since last spring after suffering an injury during the indoor season that limited him to a late season appearance on the distance medley relay team this winter. He topped a field of 48 runners that included numerous NCAA Division I and professional runners, to win the 800m
at the Tom Benich Invitational in 1:52.70, a provisional qualifying time. He was the only RMAC men’s runner to win an event at the highly competitive meet. Luna also led the 4x400 meter relay team on Saturday, helping the team to a third place finish among 16 teams. He overcame four opponents, while anchoring the final lap to finish in 3:19.99. RMAC Preseason Poll: The men’s team was picked to finish sixth out of seven teams in the RMAC preseason coaches poll and the women’s team was picked 10th. Anthony Luna was selected as the men’s Preseason Athlete of the Year and joined Shawn Lindbom on the men’s preseason All-RMAC team. Outdoor Track Honors: Men: Rick Bogatay: • 2010 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (5000m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (1500m) • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m) Eiger Erickson:
2010 SCHEDULE
Head Coach John Supsic • First year as head coach
March
Supsic was named the head track and cross country coach at Metro State following the 2009 cross country season after he helped the men’s and women’s cross country teams both qualify for the NCAA Championships as an assistant coach. The men’s team placed 14th and the women finished 21st. Both teams finished in the topfive in the highly competitive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
20 Sat. 28 Sun. 28 Sun. 28 Sun.
Potts Invitational Canceled Boulder, Colo. CSU-Pueblo Open NTS Pueblo, Colo. at CSU-Pueblo W: L 32-97, M: L 41-64 vs. UC-Colorado Springs W: L 39-52
3 Sat. 10 Sat. 16-17 F-S 17 Sat. 24 Sat.
Tom Benich Invitational NTS Greeley, Colo. CU Invitational NTS Boulder, Colo. Mt. SAC Relays NTS Walnut, Calif. CSU-Pueblo Invitational M: 13th, W: 19th Pueblo, Colo. Jack Christiansen Invitational 10 a.m. Fort Collins, Colo.
1 Sat. 9-11 Sun-Tue 15 Sat. 27-29 Thu-Sat
CSU Front Range Open Fort Collins, Colo. RMAC Championships Pueblo, Colo. Colorado Mines Last Chance Golden, Colo. NCAA Championships Charlotte, N.C.
April
Prior to assisting with Metro State in the fall of 2009, he served for over a year as an assistant with Regis University’s cross country team, designing workouts for student-athletes. Supsic had been an accountant in real estate from 2004-09, most recently with Mercy Housing, Inc. beginning in July, 2008, and spent three years as an auditor prior to his time in real estate. He graduated from Towson University in Maryland in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. While at Towson, Supsic was a two-year captain of the cross country team and earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors three times. Since graduation, Supsic continued his running career with the Boulder Distance Project for four years under the former marathon world record holder, Steve Jones. His team won the U.S. marathon relay championship in 2006.
May
A native of Baltimore, Md., Supsic is engaged to Dr. Kristin Carpenter.
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2010 Rosters
• 2007 - First team All-RMAC (3000m Steeplechase) • 2007 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (3000m St) Derek Fiorini: • 2009 - RMAC Freshman of the Year • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (100m, 200m, . 4x400m relay) Scott Ingram: • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m) Brandon Johnson: • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (3000m Steeplechase) • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (3000m St.) Shawn Lindbom: • 2010 - Preseason All-RMAC • 2009 - All-America (800m) • 2009 - First team All-RMAC (800m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (4x400m relay) • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (800m) Anthony Luna: • 2010 - Automatic NCAA qualifying time (800m) • 2010 - RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 7) • 2010 - Preseason RMAC T & F Athlete of the Year • 2009 - National Champion (800m) • 2009 - All-America (800m) • 2009 - RMAC Champion (800m) • 2009 - First team All-RMAC (800m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (4x400m relay) • 2009 - RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 29) • 2009 - Automatic NCAA qualifying time (800m, 1500m) • 2008 - All-America (800m) • 2008 - First team All-RMAC (800m) • 2008 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (800m) • 2007 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m)
Todd Tolentino: • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (5000m, 10,000m) • 2007 - All-America (5000m) • 2007 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m, 5000m)
Danielle Kehoe: • 2009 - RMAC Champion (10,000m) • 2009 - First team All-RMAC (10,000m) Lindsay Novascone: • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (100m) • 2009 - Third team All-RMAC (4x400m relay)
Events Yr. M. Dist. 5-9 Distance 5-8 Distance 6-2 Sprints 5-10 Distance 5-10 Spritns 5-10 Sprints 5-10 M. Dist. 5-6 Distance 5-9 Distance 5-9 M. Dist. 6-4 M. Dist. 5-10 Distance 6-0 Sprints 5-7 Sprints 5-7 Sprints 5-7 Distance 6-1 Distance 6-2 Distance 5-5 Spr./Hur 5-11
Ht. Jr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So.
Hometown/Previous School (High School) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Wasson HS/Butler County CC) Puyallup, Wash. (Emerald Ridge HS/Spokane Falls CC) Centennial, Colo. (Smoky Hill HS) Westminster, Colo. (Ranum HS) Glenwood Springs, Colo. (Glenwood Springs HS) Niwot, Colo. (Niwot HS) Littleton, Colo. (ThunderRidge HS) Parker, Colo. (Cherokee Trail HS) Ventura, Calif. (Ventura HS/Ventura College) Littleton, Colo. (Columbine HS) Wiggins, Colo. (Wiggins HS) Westminster, Colo. (Ranum HS) Northglenn, Colo. (Thornton HS) Aurora, Colo. (Regis Jesuit HS) Denver, Colo. (Bishop Machebeuf HS) Denver, Colo. (Bishop Machebeuf HS) Lafayette, Colo. (Ponca City HS/Cowley County JC) Aurora, Colo. (Eaglecrest HS) Brush, Colo. (Brush HS) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS)
Women’s Roster Kery Allen Adrienne Bratton Cherelle Cropp Xenia Flores Julia Hernandez Gabi Hildreth Danielle Kehoe Lexi LeVang Sabrina Nelson Lindsay Novascone Jen Thomas Krystin Yarkosky
Events Yr. Distance 5-10 Jumps/Sp 5-9 Sprints 5-5 Distance 5-5 Distance 5-2 Distance 5-1 Distance 5-2 Distance 5-6 Distance 5-3 Sprints 5-5 Sprints 5-3 Distance 4-10
Ht. Fr. RFr. Fr. So. So. So. Sr. RFr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So.
Hometown/Previous School (High School) Aurora, Colo. (Eaglecrest HS/Fort Lewis College) Arvada, Colo. (Pomona HS) Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hill HS) Brighton, Colo. (Brighton HS) San Diego, Calif. (Fairview HS/Colorado Mines) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS/Colorado State University) Arvada, Colo. (Holy Family HS) Parker, Colo. (Chaparral HS) Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain View HS/Scottsdale CC) Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro HS/Scottsdale CC) Aurora, Colo. (Greeley West HS/Univ. of Kansas) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS)
Head Coach: John Supsic (1st season) Assistant Coaches: Sean Nesbitt, Kelsey Jones, Jacenta Spandl
Nate Newland: • 2010 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (4x400m relay) • 2009 - Third team All-RMAC (1500m) • 2009 - RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 1) • 2009 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (1500m)
Women: Xenia Flores: • 2010 - Provisional NCAA qualifying time (5000m) • 2009 - Second team All-RMAC (5000m) • 2009 - Third team All-RMAC (10,000m)
Men’s Roster Carl Arnold III Rick Bogatay Eiger Erickson Derek Fiorini Kellen Fockler Kyle Hameister Casey Hulbert Scott Ingram Brandon Johnson Chris LeBlanc Shawn Lindbom Anthony Luna Zach Mares Steve McMillon Gabe Meidl Jerry Munoz Nate Newland Sean Thoensen Todd Tolentino Jacob Wolford
Pronunciations Rick Bogatay: boh-ga-tay Eiger Erickson: eye-ger Derek Fiorini: fee-er-ee-nee Chris LeBlanc: la-blonk Zach Mares: MAH-res Gabe Meidl: MY-dull Scott Thoensen: thoh-en-sen Xenia Flores: sen-ya Cherelle Cropp: sher-ELL Lindsay Novascone: nova-skohn
Roster Breakdown: Men By Hometown: Colorado 18, Washington 1, California 1 Men By Year: Senior 5, Junior 4, Sophomore 5, Freshman 6 Women By Hometown: Colorado 9, Arizona 2, California 1 Women By Year: Senior 3, Junior 1, Sophomore 3, Redshirt Freshman 3, Freshman 4
Jack Christiansen Invitational Schedule of Events: 10 a.m.: Women’s 5000m (Kery Allen, Sabrina Nelson) 10 a.m.: Women’s discus (Chelsea Williamson) 10:25 a.m.: Men’s 5000m (Zach Mares, Brandon Johnson (unatt.)) 11:05 a.m.: Men’s 3000m steeplechase (Eiger Erickson) 11:45 a.m.: Women’s 1500m (Xenia Flores, Lexi LeVang, Krystin Yarkosky, Gabi Hildreth) Afternoon: Women’s triple jump (Adrienne Bratton) 12:05 p.m.: Men’s 1500m (Carl Arnold, Rick Bogatay, Kellen Fockler, Chris LeBlanc, Anthony Luna, Nate Newland, Sean Thoensen, Todd Tolentino) 1:25 p.m.: Men’s 400m (Casey Hulbert (unatt.)) 1:45 p.m.: Women’s 100m (Jen Thomas) 2:05 p.m.: Men’s 100m (Derek Fiorini) 2:45 p.m.: Men’s 800m (Gabe Meidl, Shawn Lindbom, Jerry Munoz) 3:25 p.m.: Men’s 400m Hurdles (Jake Wolford) 3:45 p.m.: Women’s 200m (Cherelle Cropp, Jen Thomas, Brandi Valencia, Kristin Valencia, Kathryn Gosztyla, Michael’ Ann Karas) 4:05 p.m.: Men’s 200m (Derek Fiorini, Stephen McMillon, Casey Hulbert (unatt.), Kyle Hameister
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2010 National Qualifiers Men Event Anthony Luna 800m (a) Nate Newland 1500m (p) Rick Bogatay 5000m (p)
Converted Time 1:49.10 3:52.70 14:38.96
Nat’l Rank 1st 24th 35th
Nat’l Leader 1:49.10 3:44.03 13:50.77
Women Xenia Flores 5000m 17:32.97 41st 15:44.07
Individual Personal-Bests: Men:
Carl Arnold III 800m 1500m
1:54.59, 3/28/10 3:53.10, 4/17/10
Rick Bogatay 1500m 3000m 5000m
3:52.50, 5/21/09 9:22.42, 3/21/09 14:38.96, 4/17/10
Eiger Erickson 800m 1500m 3000m 3000m Steep. 5000m
2:01.52, 4/17/10 4:08.31, 4/17/10 9:05.08, 4/10/10 9:44.07, 5/7/07 16:08.71, 3/31/07
Derek Fiorini 100m* 200m 400m
10.85, 5/4/09 21.89, 4/25/09 48.62, 5/9/09
Steve McMillon 100m 200m
11.69, 3/28/10 23.71, 4/10/10
Gabe Meidl 200m 400m
23.37, 4/17/10 51.48, 4/17/10
Jerry Munoz 800m
2:09.54, 4/10/10
Danielle Kehoe 1500m 3000m 5000m Date Qualified 10,000m*
4/17 4/16 4/16
4/16
Nate Newland 800m 2:01.20, 4/3/10 1500m 3:52.70, 4/17/10 3000m Steep. 10:04.53, 4/11/09
Levi LeVang 800m
2:46.90, 4/17/10
Sabrina Nelson 800m 1500m 3000m
2:37.05, 3/28/10 5:14.21, 4/17/10 11:38.58, 4/10/10
Lindsay Novascone 100m 12.25, 5/5/09 200m 26.06, 4/25/09 Jen Thomas 100m 200m
12.99, 4/25/09 27.23, 3/21/09
Krystin Yarkosky 800m 1500m 3000m 5000m
2:42.30, 3/28/10 5:36.48, 4/17/10 12:25.33, 4/11/09 22:45.11, 5/5/09
*School record
Sean Thoensen 1500m
4:28.33, 4/17/10
Todd Tolentino 1500m 3000m 5000m 10,000m
4:06.82, 4/17/10 9:13.80, 4/12/08 14:27.63, 5/26/07 30:23.83, 4/16/09 18.19, 3/28/10 24.26, 4/10/10 52.31, 4/10/10 57.60, 4/17/10 2:11.15, 3/21/09
Kellen Fockler 800m 1500m 5000m
2:07.08, 4/3/10 4:24.37, 4/3/10 16:17.01, 4/17/10
Kyle Hameister 200m 400m
Jake Wolford 110m H 200m 400m 400m H 800m
22.98, 5/5/08 52.91, 4/11/09
Fiorini/Luna/Newland/Lindbom 4x400m* 3:18.35, 5/5/09
Scott Ingram 800m 1500m
1:57.61, 4/25/09 3:53.97, 5/21/09
Fiorini/Arnold/Lindbom/Luna 4x400m 3:19.99, 4/3/10
Brandon Johnson 1500m 4:04.47, 4/11/09 3000m Steep. 9:33.89, 5/9/09
Women:
Chris LeBlanc 800m 1500m 3000m 5000m 10,000m
Kery Allen 800m 1500m*
2:27.64, 4/17/10 4:57.26, 4/17/10
2:03.00, 4/5/08 4:15.49, 4/25/09 9:29.43, 4/10/10 16:20.35, 4/26/08 35:15.08, 5/5/08
Adrienne Bratton 100m Triple Jump*
14.35, 3/28/10 10.63m, 4/3/10
Shawn Lindbom 400m 800m 1500m
50.25, 4/3/09 1:50.95, 5/22/09 4:07.49, 4/3/10
Cherelle Cropp 200m 400m
27.63, 4/17/10 1:04.88, 4/17/10
Anthony Luna 800m* 1500m*
1:47.90, 6/17/09 3:46.44, 4/17/09
Xenia Flores 800m 1500m 3000m* 5000m* 10,000m
2:37.34, 4/3/10 4:59.43, 4/11/09 10:51.12, 3/21/09 17:32.97, 4/17/10 42:17.61, 5/4/09
Zach Mares 800m 1500m 3000m* 5000m
2:07.81, 4/3/10 4:16.41, 4/12/08 9:02.14, 4/10/10 16:01.51, 3/31/07
Gabi Hildreth 800m
2:46.23, 4/10/10
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5:08.89, 4/17/10 10:51.64, 4/10/10 18:27.49, 3/28/10 40:11.20, 5/4/09
